Says I — “

I broke in and says:

“They’re in an awful peck of trouble, and — “

“Who is?”

“Why, pap and mam and sis and Miss Hooker; and if you’d take your ferryboat and go up there — “

“Up where? Where are they?”

“On the wreck.”

“What wreck?”

“Why, there ain’t but one.”

“What, you don’t mean the Walter Scott?”

“Yes.”

“Good land! What are they doin’ there, for gracious sakes?”